press bed

American  

noun

1. a bed enclosed within a closet, cupboard, etc.

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Etymology

Origin of press bed

First recorded in 1650–60

Example Sentences

For there was nae boat that could have broucht a man, and the key o’ the prison yett hung ower my faither’s heid at hame in the press bed.

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 11 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis

A spotted small boy sat across the press bed from him to ink the forms.

From The Wrong Twin by Wilson, Harry Leon

After that you ran the upper roller out over the two forms of type on the press bed.

From The Wrong Twin by Wilson, Harry Leon

A shabby press bed, a chair, and table were all its furniture; it was rather a closet than a dressing-room, and had no door except that through which we had entered.

From Uncle Silas A Tale of Bartram-Haugh by Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan

For there was nae boat that could have broucht a man, and the key o' the prison yett hung ower my faither's held at hame in the press bed.

From David Balfour, Second Part Being Memoirs Of His Adventures At Home And Abroad, The Second Part: In Which Are Set Forth His Misfortunes Anent The Appin Murder; His Troubles With Lord Advocate Grant; Captivity On The Bass Rock; Journey Into Holland And France; And Singular Relations With James More Drummond Or Macgregor, A Son Of The Notorious Rob Roy, And His Daughter Catriona by Stevenson, Robert Louis